Apparatus for automatically operating type-writers.



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APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY OPERATING TYPE WRITERS.

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THOMAS A. MCOALL, or XENIA, OHIO.

\ APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY OPERATING TYPE-WRITERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 17, 1908.

Application filed May 29, ,1905, Serial No. 262,893. Renewed January 20, 1908. Serial No. 411,756.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS A. MCCALL, a citizen of the United States, residing atXenia, in the county of Greene and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Automatically Operating Type-Writers and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention ,such as will enable Others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates tonew and useful improvements in automatically operated typewriters, and the object of the invention is to produce a simple and efficient means, whereby a strip may be perforated to form a stencil roll to be used for allowing balls to be fed at predetermined moments to positions where they cooperate with mechanism for causing the type levers of themachine to be operated.

The invention consists further in the provision of an automatic typewriter or duplicator, in which, after the original copy has been made, any number of copies may be automatically made from the original.

The invention comprises various details of construction and in combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

I illustrate my invention in nying drawings, in which Figure 1 isa side elevation of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view. Fig. 3 is a View, showing parts of the invention in transverse section and illustrating a top plan view of a part of the machine. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail inside elevation of a part of my machine. Fig. 5 is a sectional view longitudinally through the machine. Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view, showing parts of the invention in elevation. 7 is a detail sectional view on line x-m of Fig. 9, showing the manner offeedingballs to cooperate in forming a stencil strip, and also for causingthe im rint of a letter or character. Fig. 8 is a retail sectional view on line xa: of Fig. 9, showing the manner in which a ball is fed by a the accompaperforated strip to a chute. Fig. 8 is a detail sectional view on line y-y of Fig. 9*. Fig. 9 isa sectionalview, showing in dotted outline the various chutes through which the balls pass, and also illustrating an elevation of the clutch mechanism. Fig. 9 is a top plan view of Fig. 8. Fig. 9* is a detail perspective of a perforated shaft. Fig. 10 is a detail view, showing in edge elevation levers which actuate clutch mechanism, said view showing ball-actuate .l levers in sections which are depressed. Fig. 11 is a sectional view through the clutch.mechanism, and showing in side elevation a portion of a corrugated cylinder which cooperates with balls and levers to actuate clutch throwingmechanism. Fig. 12 is a sectional view of one of the. removable reels. Fig. 13 is a detail view show ing the manner of mounting one end of a reel, and Fig. 14 is a detail perspective view of a ball feeding plunger.

Reference now being had to-the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the frame of the apparatus, having a series of key levers B mounted upon a pivotal rod B, shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, said keyv levers each representing a certain numeral, word or other character, and each is provided with a finger B, which is pivotall connected at B to a plunger B, each of said plungers being acted upon by a spring 8'', the. office of which is' to normally hold the plunger at its farthest outward throw and to return a key lever B to its normal position after having beendcpressed. Each of said plungers B is mounted horizontally in a groove or a )erture in the opposite walls of the hopper in which the balls 0' are placed. Each of said plungers has a perforation C", therein to receive a ball, as shown clearly in Fig. 5 of the drawings. Journalcd in an enlarged cylindrical out-lined recess at the bottom of the hopper is a shaft 1.), which has a diametrically disposed hole I) formed therein, and said shaft is provided for the purpose of preventing the balls from being fed from the hopper during a certain operation of a mechanism, when the balls are not performing any function, and as will be presently described.

D designates a chute, which connnunicates with the assageway D through which the balls are ed from the hopper, and the lower end of the passageway 13 communicates with apassageway D down which balls are allowed to fall from a second hopper E, shown in Figs. 1 and 5 of the drawings. The two passageways D and D merge together at their lower ends, and positioned adj acent to the juncture of said passageways is a. drum F, having a series of metallic strips F seated longitudinally in recesses in its circumference and spaced apart, forming'a series of projections adapted to catch the balls as they are fed through the chute into the ositions shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

hile I have shown int lre drawings a drum made up of -straps, as described, it will be understood that said drum may all be cast in one piece, if desired, and'provided with corrugations, which would answer the purpose of the strips shown and described.

Leading from the lower ends of the two assageways D and D is a chute D which is shown in section in'Fig. 5,-and in Fig. 6 the upper margin of said chute is designated in dotted lines, and down which the-balls, after having performed their function, roll into the lower end of the casing D, a portion of which is broken away in Fig. 6 of the drawings, and

in which the balls are raised by means of a Mounted within I spiral elevating worm D said casing is a strip D which 1s grooved sli htly, in order to form means to guide the ba 1 in a straight line vertically, as it is raised by the worm to the upper portion of-said casing, from which it makes-exit through the a of a motor paratus, and which shaft' also carries p'pe D into the branching pipes 1), back' to the hoppers C and E.

Power is zgiplied to the machine by means shown in'Fig. 1 of the drawings, said motor being provided with a shaft G, andhaving a worm G2 thereon, which is in mesh with a gear wheel G fixed to a shaft G which is j ournaled in the frame of the a drum F, before referred to. a

G and G are gear wheels of different diameters, which are fastene'd.by means of screws G shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, to the worm wheel G and G isa gear wheel which is mounted upon a stub shaft G fixed to theframe of the"apparatus, and said gear wheel G is in mesh with the teeth of the gear wheel G and rotates continuously while the operating shaft G is in motion.

G designates a gear wheel, which is designed to have an intermittent movement, and is actuated by means of a split friction ring-G which is shown in section in Figs. 8 and 4 of the drawings. Said split ring G .is mounted intermediate an annular flange G", upon the gear wheel G and an annular flange G formed upon the outer face of the wheel G 9. w

t e' drawings. The forward free en seaees tened at right angles to said pin, and is positioned in the space intermediate the ends of said split ring. t

H designates a gear wheel, which is mounted upon a shaft H, said wheel H being held upon theshaft by means of a threaded screw h, shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, which is fitted in the hollow threaded end of the shaft H.

H designates a lever, which is pivotally 7 5 mounted upon a pin H projecting from the face of the wheel H at one side of its center,

' and the other end of said lever is pivotally connected to a pin H carried by the crank arm H which crank arm is fixed to a shaft tent motion'will be imparted to the wheel H for the urpose' of feeding a stencil strip,

which wi l he hereinafter described, forward a certain distance. I

I'designates a reel or winding drum upon the shaft H, and upon which the stencil 9.5

strip 1 winds after passing through the slot I below the chute D", said strip passing underneatha roller 1 and thence abouta reel P.

J designates a series of lovers, which are.

pivotally mounted upon. shaft ;J-',.which is held in the opposite wiallsjof the machine, and J and J designate ,springs, each being connected at its lower end \toaz lever J, and its upper end to a perforated giar giupon the chute D, the oflice of said springs being to 195 normally hold said levers ,at;'-,their highest throw, as shown in Figs. 1, ilapdb of the d. of each-lever J is preferably convexed, as shown at J and projects into 'the chute, into which the 9 balls are ada ted'to fall, and is designed to hold the ball om falling to the bottorniof the chute-until one of the corrugations or strips F, seated in the circumference ofsaid drum F, forces the ball against the'lever, causing 5 the same to tilt out of thepath of the ball, after which the ball will be allowed to fall to the bottom of the inclined chute D and aspring J .will return the lever J to its normal position after the ball has passed the end of the lever.

K, K designate punches or plungers, each being pivotally connected at K to a lever J, and each punch K has a vertical play in a guide aperture K shown clearly in Fig. 5 of the drawings, said punches being depressed with the levers'to cause perforations to be formed in tlfstrip I. The inner ends of the levers J are pivotally connected to rods J each of which is adapted to be connected to 30 the ordinary type lever of a typewriter, whereby, when the apparatus is adjusted for printing a letter, by the utilizationof the prepared stencil strip, in the manner to be presently described, impressions may be made upon a sheet of paper upon the roll of a typewriter, but which typewriter and typecarrying levers are not illustrated in the drawings, as they form no part of the present invention. j Referring to Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawings, will be seen a shaft L, which is shown in section in Fig. 5, and in end elevation in Fig. 4, which shaft is mounted in elongated slots L formed in the frame of the machine, and said rod or shaft is positioned normally in contact with the under edges of the series of levers J, and is depressed the limit of the slot L,'as each of the several levers J. is tilted.

Referring to Fig. 4 of the drawings, will be seen a stop lever L one end of which is adapted to be positioned in the path of the finger g to cause said finger to bear against the split ring at each rotary movement of the wheel carrying said finger, for the purpose of holding the ring out of engagement frictionally with the adjacent face of the annular flange G whereby the wheel G may be at rest momentarily during the punching of a perforation in the strip 1' A spring L is secured at one end to the stop iever L and at its other end is fastened to a pin L upon the wall of the frame of the machine, and the office of said spring is to normally hold the rod or shaft L in the position shown in solid lines in Fig. 4, and in cross section in Fig. 5, and the stop lever in the position shown in solid lines in Figs. 4 and 5, in which the inner free end thereof is in the path of the rotatable finger g. i

When it is necessary to prevent the shaft or rod L from being actuated by the depression of a lever J, I have provided a button L ivotally mounted upon the shaft L, said liutton having a knob L and L designates a lug designed to limit theouter throw of said button, and assuming theposition shown ,in solid lines in Fig. 4 of the drawin s. The dotted position of the button L illustrates the stop le'ver as being tilted down out of the path of the finger g, and also holding the rod or shaft Lin the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and in which position said shaft or rod will be free from the levers J, if any of the same are tilted. When the stop lever is held in the position shown in dotted lines, and in order to hold the clutch mechanism from operating the gear wheel G, I provide a stop button M, one end of which is pivoted to the frame'of the machine, and its other end adapted to bear against the finger 9 causes the friction of the split ring to disengage the flange G of the gear wheel G. This adjustment-of the machine is efiected during the printing from a stencil roll, and when the intermittent movements are not required, as in the formation of the stencil strip.

Referring to Fig. 5 of the-drawings will be seen in dotted outline a lever L which is adapted to support the far end of the rod or shaft J and serves to hold the same by a suitable spring, not shown, in the position shown in said figure.

N designates a reel upon which the stencil strip is adapted to wind from the reel I, when the stencil strip is being utilized for the purpose of reproducing a letter upon a typewriter, and said stencil strip passes over the roller N and between the rollers N and N". Referring to Fig. 5 of the drawings, it will be seen that said stencil strip passes horizontally through the chute through which the balls are fed and adjacent to the shaft D through which the balls are allowed to fall on to the stencil strip and be carried by the latter as a ball falls partially through a perforation, in the manner shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings. The reel 1, a detail view of which is shown in Fig. 12 of the drawings, is made detachable, and is held to a stub shaft N, a detail perspective of one end of said shaft being shown in Fig. 13 of the drawings, and which has splined thereto a clutch aw N and N designates a gear wheel which is journaled upon a bearing N X by means of a collar N which is held by. means of a set screw to the shaft. The shaft of the reel, one end of which is shown in detail in Fig. 13, has a projecting part N carrying a lug N which projection and lug are designed to enter, respectively the recess l and the hole N in the end of the stub shaft N, whereby the reel may rotate with said stub shaft. Ahook N is fastened to the circumference of the reel for attach ment to the end N of the stencil roll. The opposite end of the shaft of the reel is engaged by a spindle O, which. is held by means of a spring 0 normally at its farthest inner throw, and O designates a knob, which is fastened to the other end of said spindle, whereby the latter may be pulled out to release the rcel. Referring to Fig. 4 of the drawings will be seen a rock shaft P, mounted in the bearings P upon the frame of the machine, and fixed to one end of said shaft is a crank arm P", the end of which is connected to said clutch N splined upon the shaft N, which clutch N G is designed to mesh with the teeth upon the face of the gear wheel N shown in Fig. 12 of the drawings. The gear wheel N is in mesh with a gear. P mounted upon the stub shaft P and P designates a gear wheel, which isJnounted upon the stub shaft P and the wheel P is in mesh with the gear wheel G, which rotates with the main driving shaft Gt Keyed to the shaft P is a collar Q, having an integral arm Q, which is pivotally connectedyto a clutclrQ mounted upon the stub shaft Q and Q designates a gear wheel mounted loosely upon .the shaft Q and hav- Q upon one face thereof, which are ing teeth adapted to intermesh with the teeth of the clutch Q as shown clearly in Fig. of the drawings. The clutch is splined to the stub shaft Q inthe usual manner, and fixed to the end of theshaft P is an angled lever Q", one end of which is provided with a series of annular recesses Q and is adaptedto be tilted into three different positions bythe levers R, R and R respectively, said levers being pivotally mounted upon a shaft R shown clearly in Fig. 10 of the drawings, and the lower angled end of each of said levers,

R, R and R carries an anti-frictional roller R, which is positioned underneath one of the tilting levers J It will be observed that the upper end of the lever'R is angled and turned rearwardly, while the upper free ends of the levers R and R are bent in the opposite directions. The office of the lever R is to cause the angled lever Q to tilt to a horizontal position, or in the intermediate position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and in solid lines in Fig. 10. It will be noted that the arm of the lever Q is tapered to a point, as at Q and is adapted to rest in anotch in the free end of a flexible arm Q which is fastened at Q to the frame of the apparatus. The edges of the head of said arm Q are inclined' and adapted to engage with the inclined edges of portions of the arm Q, for the purpose of throwing the angled lever Q to its highest or lowest. throw in either direction, after the point or tapering end of the arm Q is released from the recess in the end of sald arm Q. The lever R is so constructedand. adjusted that at a predetermined moment, as it is rocked, its upper free end coming in contact with the upper edge of the angled lever Q will cause the same to be thrown down to its lowest osition, or in the position shown in dotted ines in;Fig .:&-of the drawings. The third lever R is adapted t obe actuated at a predeter-- mined, moment. by the depression of one of. the several levers J, for the purpose of throw- 1 ing the angledlever, so that its shank portion will assume a horizontal position, as illustrated by solid lines in Fig. 10, in which position the two clutch mechanisms will be out of 1', r and r which are astene to the frame.

of the machme, and are provided'for the urpose of returning the several levers to t eir normal positions after being rocked bythe tilting of the levers J.

In order to prevent any'of thaballs beingfedto the inclined passageway D, when the arm D fixed to the shaft D, and which arm 1 is actuated by means of the rod 1), fastened to a crank arm D fixed to the shaft'P.

The portion of the apparatus in which the reels for holding the stencil strip 8*, which aotuates the mechanism for printing the addresses of letters, comprises two reels S and S the former of which is similar in construction to the reel shownin Fig. 12 of the drawings, and is detachably held upon the frame of the apparatus, and the stencil stri from the reel S is adapted to pass underneatli the roller S through the upper end of the chute D and immediately under the rock shaft S which is similar in construction to the shaft D. before referred to, and has a milled wheel S shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, whereby the same may be turned to prevent the passage of balls from the hopper E. said shaft is perforated to allow balls to pass into 1 the chute D from the hopper E. The stencil strip S passing underneath the roller 8'' winds upon a reel S; which has a bevel gear S at one end thereof, which is in mesh with a bevel gear 8, shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and saidbevel gear S is fastened to a shaft 8, mounted in suitable bearings projecting from the frame of the machine, and the lower end of the shaft S" carries a bevel Wheel S, which is in mesh with a locsely journaled bevel gear S.n1ounted upon the main operating shaft G Mounted upon the main driving shaft G, opposite the end carrying the gear wheel G is a clutch S shown in Fig. 11 of, the drawings, and the teeth upon said clutch are designed to engage the teeth upon the edge of the-"hub of the gear wheel S Mounted in a bracket'arm 'S ',"projecting from the frame of the machine, is a pivotal shaft 'Si, upon which an angled lever S is fixed, an arm of said angled lever being pivotally connected to sai il c-lut ch S, which is splined upon the shaft G ,and the end of the shank portion ofs id lever is positioned underneath-one of the several levers J whereby as said particular lever is de- .,pressed, the angled lever S will be tilted Said the clutch meohanism operated. lever S hasan arms? projecting therefrom, and its end s pointed, as seen clearly in Fig.

11, and'is' normally held in one position or whereby as the lever J is depressed said lever S will be tilted, so that the stop S thereon will throw the lever S upward, and the clutch actuatedthereby out of gear, which will stop the feeding ofthe strip stencil another by means of the angled end 5*? at the finger g which will cause the wheel G beingin mesh with the gear wheel G", will mechanism. A spring S is fastened to the frame of the apparatus, and bears yieldingly I against the lever S whereby the same, having been tilted upon its pivot, may be returned to its normal position, I

Referring to Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawings, i will be seen a hand wheel W, which is fixed to a shaft S, shown in section in Fig. 11 of the drawings, and is provided for the purpose of actuating the clutch S by hand, if it is desired to stop the rotary movement of the reel SC I In operation, the strip in which the perforations. are to he formed is wound upon the reel I, and the end of the strip being passed underneath the roller I, through the slot I below the chute D", and fastened to wind about the reel-I, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings,- the motor is started, and a continuous movement is imparted to the driving shaft G through the medium of the shaft G and its gear connection with the wheel G fixed to the shaft G". The operator wishing to print a certain letter, figure or character depresses a ley lever B, representing a letter, numeral or other character, and a ball will be driven forward by the plunger pivoted to said hey lever, and when the ball comes into registration with the chute D, it will fall into the chute D and assume the position, as shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, where it comes into contact with the end of a lever J. The corrugation or strip F upon the cylinder F, which is'constantly rotating while the machine is in operation, will contact with the ball and cause the lever J to tilt to allow the ball to pass the free end ofsaid lever. As the lever J tilts, the plunger or punch K will cause a perforation to be made In the strip I, and after the perforation has been made, the lever J will be returned to its normal position, shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, by means of the spring J As the lever J tilts, its under edge will contact with the shaft L and cause the stop lever If to tilt, so that its free end will be free from which is frictionally engaged by the, split ring G", to rotate, and the gear wheel H,

also be rotated.

The lever H, which is ivotally mounted eccentrically to the wheel H, will upon its downward throw cause an intermittent movement to be imparted to the reel I by the dog II engaging a tooth of the ratchet wheel Il After the finger g has passed the end of the stop lever If, the latter and the shaft L, carried thereby, will be returned to their normal positions by means of the spring G and the free end of said stop lever L will be in the path of the finger g, and releasing the inne marginal edge of the split ring from frictional contact with the flange of the dresses upon letters is formed b wheel G the wheel G: will cease its rotary movement and also the gear wheel H, which is geared thereto. The strip of paper, which is being punched, is now at rest and in readi ness to receive another perforation, which is caused by allowing the second ball to fall through. the chute D by the depression of another key lever B, representing another letter, numeral or character, and the operation is repeated. Each time the lever J is tilted through the medium of the ball, which is positioned intermediate the free end of the lever and the strip or corrugation upon the drum F, an intermittent movement is imparted to the reel I,-for the purpose of feedmg the strip I forward a short space, corresponding to the margin between the lines to be typewritten. This operation is repeated until the stencil strip, representing the matter which it is wished to be printed, is completed.

The stencil strip is now completed with the exception of one perforation, and the last perforation to be made in the strip is formed by the actuation of a certain key lever B, which will cause a ball to be actuated iiltermediate a lever J and the cylinder VF, which will cause the tilting lever It to rock upon its pivotal bearing, and as said lever R tilts, the shaft P will rock and the crank arm P at the opposite end of the shaft will cause the clutch N to be thrown into mesh with the teeth on the edge of the inion N and cause the reel I to rotate, winding up the stencil strip upon said reel 1. The end of the stencil strip being detached from the reel 1, after the strip I has rewound upon the reel I, then the end of the strip, which was formerly fastened to the reel I, is passed over the roller N, through the slot at the up er end of the chute D between'the two r0 ers N and N and is fastened to and is adapted to wind upon the reel N.

A second stencil strip adapted for allowing balls to actuate mechanism for printing ad- 'the punch-' ing apparatus, before describe and being wound upon the reel S is passed underneath the roller S through a slot at the u per end of the passageway of chute D" underneath the roller S and is secured to and ada ted to wind upon the reel i The parts of the apparatus being thus arranged, the mechamsm is in readiness to print automatically, first the address'of a letter, and afterward the body of the letter. During the printing of the addresses and body portion of a letter, the catch lever L is held with its free end tilted down, as shown in dotted lines shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings, by means of the dog L which is swung into the position shown in dotted lines in said figure, and the stop M is swung up into the path of the finger g to prevent the same from rotating, said stop M taking the place of the lever L, which latter, when positioned as shown in dotted lines, will hold the shaft L from contact with the several levers J, as they are tilted down in the act of causing the typecarrying levers of the typewriting machine to be actuated.

The shaft S may be turned by means of the hand wheel W', shown in Fig. 4, whereby the clutch S may be thrown into engage ment with the teeth upon the hub portion of the gear wheel S thereby imparting a movement to the reel S through the medium of the gear wheel S, the shaft S, the bevel wound upon the second reel S, and as a perforation in the stencil strip comes underneath in one of the. apertures in the shaft S said ball will fall into the recess, in the manner shown Fig. 8 of the drawings, the ball, falling upon the horizontal. grooved portion in the wall of the passageway, will be fed forward with the paper until the ballclears said grooved portion, and comes over the assageway D, down which the ball will fall y gravity to a position shown in Fig. 5, and

as a strip of corrugation upon the circumference of the cylinder F forces the ball I against the end of the lever J, the latter will tilt, and its rear end will actuate a corre sponding type-carrying lever upon a typewriter, not shown, and cause an impression to be made. After the ball has passed the end of the lever J, the latter will be returned to its normal position by means of the spring J As the strip S presents another perforation, representing a letter, numeral, or other character, another ball will be fed forward in a like manner and deposited in the chute D andxthe same operation is repeated, I

the ball, as it'passes the end of the lever J, falling into the chute 1) down which it rolls to the lower end of the chute, from which it is elevated and automatically returned to one of the other of the hoppers by means of the vertically 'dis osed elevating worm. After the address as been printed in the manner described, the address mechanism is thrown out of gear simultaneously with the throwing into gear .of the apparatps which prints the body portion of a let' terfand the means for throwing these two pieces of the apparatus, one out. of operation, and the other into operation, iseffected by a ball, which falling from the hopper 1E passes through a perforationin thestrip' S}, and causes the leverS 'shown'in Eig. 11 of the drawings, to banned down, and the latter ssaaee throwing the clutch S, which uts the mechanismfor actuating the reel out of gear.

Simultaneously with the throwing 'of' the reel S out of gear, another ball passes through a perforation inthe strip S, and passing through the chute D will cause the levefR to'tilt upon its pivot, and the upper end of wheel upon the shaft, carrying the reel I*,'

thus causing the strip 1 to unwind frorn the reel I and wind upon the reel N.

' Simultaneously with the rocking of the shaft P, the crank arm D", which is hired thereto, will pull" down upon the rod D shown clearly in Fig. 5 of the drawings,and cause the s'haft'D having the perforations therein, to be rocked so that said perforz- 1 tions will he in registration with thevertical passageway of the hopper Q containing the balls, as shown in.Fig.-5 of the drawings. When the body portion of a letter is being printed, it will be understood that the plunger B is etracted into the position shown in Fig. 1" of the drawings, in which the aperture in said plunger will be in alinement with the vertical passageway of the hopper C, to allow the balls'to pass readily into the hopper through the shaft D and on to the surface of the stencil strip '1, in the.

manner shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings. As a certain perforation, representing a letter, numeral or character, comes underneath a ball, the latter will fall into the perforation, as shownin Fig. 8 and will be fed forward by the advancing aper until the ball falls from the horizonta y disposed portion in the wall of the chute D and falling down the latter will come into contact with the end of a lever, and the rotary movement. of the constantly moving cylin' der will force the ball by the lever, causing the latter to tilt in the same manner-as in printing the address. This operation is repeated until the last letter, numeral or character o'fthe body portion of the letter has been printed and when it is desired to rewind the stencil strip from the reel l5 to the reel I, a certain ball falling through a perforation in the strip Iwill cause a lever J to be tilted, which will actuate the angled lever R, the upper angled end of which will cause the lever Q to tilt to its lowest position, and rocking the shaft P will causethe clutch mechanism Q to be thrown out of gear, and -the clutch l 6 into mesh with the teeth of the pinion wheel N thus causin the reel I to wind up the stencil strip. s .the shaft P rocks, the perforated shaft D will be turned so that it will be impossible for balls to pass through said shaft D during the return of the rewinding of the stencil strip upon the reel 1*. finished, a certain perforation will catch a ball, as illustrated in S of the drawings,

and cause the same to be fed forward slightly and fall into the chute D and, in the manner described, actuate a lever J, which tilting against the lever S will throw the clutch S into mesh with the bevel gear S", and the address printing mechanism will be started by causing the strip S to unwind from the reel S and to wind upon the reel S, and the same operation will be repeated of printing a new address, after which the printing mechansm for printing the body portion of a letter will be automatically set into operation, and the same may continue indefinitely and automatically printing any number of letters each with a distinct address and with the same body portion. When it is desired to insert a new roll of stencil, the two reels S and I may be readily replaced by others occupying the same positions.

Thus it will be seen from the mechanism embodying my invention that the limit of speed in writing addresses and letters is limited by the speed of the typewriter, and that all the parts of the apparatus are automatic in their action from start to finish.

While I have shown a particular form of apparatus, illustrating my automatic mech-' anism for forming stencil strips for actuat-- ing levers of a typewriter, it will be undcrstood that Imay vary the details in different ways, if desired, Without in any way departing from the spirit of the invention.

Havin thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is :1

1. An automatic actuating apparatus for typewriting mechanism, comprising a movable stencil strip, balls adapted to pass through perforations of said-strip, and mechanism cooperating with said balls 'to cause a type bar to be actuated, as set forth.

2. An automatic actuating apparatus for typewritin mechanism, comprising a movable stencil strip, balls adapted to be moved by said strip and to pass through the perforations of the latter, and mechanism (:0- operating with said balls for causing a type bar to be actuated, as set forth.

3. An automatic actuating apparatus for typewriting mechanism, comprising a 111') able stencil strip, the perforations of said strip, and be moved by the latter, and mechanism cooperating with said balls for actuating a type bar. as

set forth.

4. An automatic actuating apparatus for typewriting mechanism, cozn 'lrlsing a plu-' W'hen the rewinding is nearly balls adapted to fall intorality of stencil strips, balls adapted to pass through the perforations of said strips, means for moving one of said strips while the other is at rest, and mechanism cooperating with said balls for causing a type bar to be actuated, as set forth.

5. An automatic actuating apparatus for. typewriting mechanism, comprising a plurality of stencil strips, balls adapted to fall into perforations of said strips and be moved by the latter, means for moving one of said strips while the other is at rest, and mech anism cooperating with the balls for causing a type bar to be actuated, as set fortl' 67 An automatic actuating apparatus for ty rewriting mechanism, comprising a movable stencil strip, balls adapted to pass through the'perforations of said strip, when the latter is moving in one direction, mech anism cooperating with said balls for causing a type bar to be actuated, and means for preventing balls from passing through the perforationsof said strip when the latter is moved in a reversed direction, as set forth.

7; An automatic actuating apparatus for typewriting mechanism, r'omprising-a-hopper, a movable stencil strip, a cylinder with projections upon the circumference thereof, a pivotal lever adapted, as it is tilted, to cause a type bar to be actuator, said strip designed to move a ball falling into a perforation of said strip, and allowing the same to fall intermediate said cylinder and lever, as set forth.

8. An automatic actuating apparatus for typewriting mechanism, comprising a plu-- rality of stencil stri )S, a hopper positioned over each strip, balfs within said hopper, a rotatable cylinder, having projections upon the circumference thereof, tilting levers adapted to actuate ty e bars, passageways, adapted to direct a ball as it passes through one or the other thereof to a position intermediate the end of one of said levers and said cylinder, as set forth.

9. An automatic actuating apparatus for typewriting mechanism, comprising a hopper, a movable stencil strip passing through and guided in a slot in the lower portion of the hopper, a rotatable cylinder, having pro-. jections upon the circumference thereof, a tiltinglever, a passageway leading fronrsaid hopper to a osition adjacent to the tilting end of said lever, and into which passageway a ball is fed by said strip, said lever cooperating with the ball and cylinder to cause a type bar to be actuated, as set forth.

10. An automatic actuating apparatus for typewriting mechanism, comprising a hopper, a movable stencil strip, passing beneath s id hopper, a rotatable perforated shaft 1 ed within said hopper, means for th said shaft so that the perforations therein will be in registration with the hopper while said strip is moving in one direction, and

means for turning said shaft to prevent balls from passing from the hopper while the strip is moving in the opposite direction, a tilting lever designed to actuate a type bar, and a rotatable cylinder with projections upon the circumference thereof, designed to cooperate with a ball fed through a perforation of said strip for causing said lever to tilt, as set forth. 1

11.- An automatic actuating apparatus for typewriting mechanism, comprising a hopper, a stencil strip, reels upon which the same is adapted to wind, a rotatable cylinder, a'lever designed, as it is tilted, to actuate a type bar, clutch mechanism in connection with said reels, a second lever, and connec tions between the latter and said clutch mechanisms, balls adapted to pass through perforations- 01" said strip and cooperating with said cylinden levers to cause a type bar or clutch mechanism to be actuated, according as the strip moves in onek'li' rection or the reverse direction, as set forth. 12. An automatic actuating apparatus for typewriting mechanism, comprising a hopper, a stencil strip, reels upon which said strip is carried passing underneath said hopper, a passageway, having an offset, which extends underneath the exit end of said hopper and over which offset said strip is positioned, a ball adapted to fall into a perforation of said strip and rest upon the bottom of said off set and fed by the strip into said passageway, a rotatable cylinder, and a tilting lever adapted to cooperate with a ball and said cylinder to actuate a type bar as said lever is tilted, as set forth.

13. An automatic actuating apparatus for typewriting mechanism, comprising hoppers,v a plurality of movable stencil strips, each passing beneath a hopper, passageways leading from each hopper and communicating at their lower ends, each passageway having an offset adjacent to the exit end of a hop per, and into which offset a ball is adapted to' fall through a perforation in one of said 7 strips and be fed by a strip into a passage- Way, a rotatable cylinder and tilting levers, between. 'thefree ends of which'and said cylinder balls are directed fromsaid passageways, said levers being tilted by the balls to cause type bars to be actuated, as set forth.

14. An automatic actuating apparatus for typewriting mechanism, comprising a hopper, a movable stencil strip positioned unfderneath said hopper, and adapted to receive singly balls from the hopper, a passageway, having an offset communicating with the hopper,'sai-d strip designed to receive in one of its perforations a ball from the nopper and to move the same into said passageway, a cylinder, strips seated I therein and projecting beyond the circumference-of the cylinder, tilting levers with their free ence of said cylinder, and said passageway designed to direct a ball intermediate the cylinder and the end of the lever, the latter being adapted, as it is tilted by a ball, to actuate a type bar, as set forth.

15. An automatic actuating apparatus for per, reels, stencil strips Winding about said reels and passing underneath said hopper, a passageway, having an ofiset at its upper end communicating with said hopper, a cylinder, having projections upon the circumference thereof, extending into said passageway, levers with their free ends positioned adjacent to the circumference of said cylinder, said with the ends of the lever and depressed by a projection of said cylinder, and means for returning the ball to the hopper, as set forth.

16. An automatic actuating apparatus for typewriting mechanism, comprising a hopper, reels, stencil strips winding about said passageway, having an offset at its upper end communicating with said hopper, a cylinder, having projections upon the,cir cumference thereof, extending into said passageway, levers with their free ends positioned adjacent .to the circumference of said cylinder, said levers being tilted by the balls in contact with the ends of the lever and depressed by a of the passageway having a lateral projection, the...bott0m of which is inclined and down which the ball is adapted to roll as passes the cylinder, an elevating worm for the upper portion of'the worm to said hopper, as set forth.

17. Anautomatic actuating apparatus for typewriting mechanism, comprising a hopper, reels, stencil strips winding about said passageway, having an oflset at its upper end communicating with said hopper, a cylinder,

thereof, extending into said passageway, le vers with their free ends positioned adjacent to the circumference of said cylinder, said levers being tilted by the balls in contact with the ends of the lever and depressed by a projection of said cylinder, the lower portion of the passageway having a lateral projection, the bottom of which is inclined an down the cylinder, an elevating worm for raising a ball, a. casing therefor, means within said casing for holding the balls in alinerne t-as they are raised to a passageway leading om said casing to the hopper, as set forth:

per, reels, stencil strips Winding about said reels and passing underneath said hopper, a

ends positioned adjacent to the circumferpassageway, having an offset atits upper end typewriting mechanism, comprising a hop? reels and passing underneath said hopper, a-

raising a ball, and passageways leading from' which the ball is adapted to roll as it passes" levers being tilted by the balls in contact a projection of said cylinder, the lower-portion I reels and passing underneath said hopper, a

having projectionsupon the circumference 18. An automatic actuating apparatus for j typewriting mechanism, comprising a hopthe the ottom of which is inclined an down which the ball is adapted to roll as it passes the cylinder, an elevating worm for raisinga ball, a casing therefor, a grooved strip mounted within said casing, desi ned to guide the balls as they are raised y said worm from the passageway leading from the upper end of the casing to said hopper, as set forth.

19. An automatic actuating apparatus for twpewriting mechanism, comprising a hoper, a passageway, having an oifest leading rom said hop er, a stenci strip passing over said offset an beneath the hopper, reels upon which said strip is mounted, a driving shaft, clutch mechanism for actuating one or the other of-said reels, gear connections between said driving shaft and clutch mechanism tilting levers, a rotatable drum fixed to sai shaft, and angled levers'aotuated by drivin Fting levers, whereby said clutch mechsaid ti anism may be actuated, as set forth.

20. An automatic actuating apparatus for typewriting mechanism, com rising a hopper, a passageway, having an 0 set leading from said hopper a stencil strip assing over said offset an beneath the opper,

- reels upon which said strip is mounted, a

driving shaft, a ear wheel moving with each reel, a clutch fhr each reel, a rockshaft, crank arms fixed to said rock shaft and each having pivotal connection with a clutch, pivotally mounted angled levers adapted to actuate said rock shaft, a drum, having projections upon the circumference thereof, a series oflevers designed, as they are tilted b a ball moved by said'oylinder, to tilt one of said angled levers to actuate one or the other of said clutches, as set forth. 4 V

21. An automatic actuating apparatus for typewriting mechanism, comprising a hopper, a passagcway,'having an 0 set leading from said hop er a stencil strip assmg over said offset and beneath the op er, reels upon which saidjstrip is mounts a driving shaft, a ear wheel moving with each reel, a clutch or each reel, a rock shaft, crank arms fixed to said shaft, and each having pivotal connection with a clutch, angled levers, an arm fixed to said rock shaft and for typewriting mechanism, comprising a with a clutch, connections between said rock shaft and the crank upon said perforated shaft, angled levers, an arm fixed to said rock shaft and actuated by said angled levers, a drum having a corrugated circumference, and levers actuated by balls which are moved by said drum, wherebysaidangledlevers may be tilted, as set forth. I 23. An automatic actuating apparatus fortypewriting mechanism, comprising two hoppers, two sets of reels, stencil strips, one earned by said set of reels, balls in said hoppers, passagewavs, having offsets communicating with said hoppers, a driving shaft, a cylinder rotatin therewith tilting levers, a bevel gear loose y journaler u on said driving shaft, a clutch splined tot e latter, gear connections between said loosely jonrnaled bevel gear and a bevel gear mounted upon one of said reels, whereby one of said strips ma be moved, a pivotal lever positioned uni erneath one of said tiltin levers and having an arm connected to sair splined clutch, and means actuated by one of said tilting levers for causing .the clutch mechanism to move a reel carrying the other-0f said stencil strips, as set forth.

24. An automatic actuating apparatus for typewritmg mechanism, comprising a upon said shaft, a clutch splined vers, a rojection'of said angledlever having a doub e beveled end, a stationary resilient I m, having a beveled rejection thereon ada ted to contact with t e end of said projection of the arm of the lever, as set forth.

25. An automatic actuating apparatus for typewriting mechanism, comprising a hopper,'a stenhil strip,reels upon which said strip is mounted, a passageway, with an offset leading from said hopper, a corru ated cylinder, a shaft to which the same is xed,

a tiltin lever operated a ball which is said cylinder, a vel gear loosely journals upon said shaft, a clutch spl ned moved to the latter, gear connections between said bevel gear and one of said reels, an angled lever having a shank portion, which is ada ted to be depressed by one of said tilting evers, a rejection of said angled lever having V e a doub e beveled end, a stationarvresilie nt' balls therein, a passagevva leading therefrom, means carried by the h arm, having a beveled projection thereon adapted to contact with the end of said pro jectlon of the arm of the lever, a second'an- 1-0 gled lever which is s ring-pressed, having'a lug designed as a ti ting -lever is depressed, to actuate said cluteh thro ivmg lever, as set forth. v

26. QAn automatic actuating-apparatus for H typewriting mechanism, comprising a hopper, apassa eway l'eadingtherefrom, a s'ten-- oil stri ree s upon which said strip is mounted, ba s mounted in said hopper, adapted to be fed bysaid stencil strip into said passage way, an operating shaft, a corrugated drum fixed to said shaft, tilting spring-actuated levers, a rock shaft, gear heels loosely jour naled upon the spindles of said'reels', a clutch Wheel splin'ed 'to eachspindle of the re 1, gear connections. between the operating sh ft and said gear wheelson the reel-spindles, a'rock shaft, connections between said rock shaft and said clutches, tilting angled levers, a

crank arm fixed to said i ock shaft and adapted to be tilted by saidan led levers, a projection of said crank arm w ich is fixed to said shaft, having a double tapering end, a stasingly 'a ball into said passageway,

tionary resihentarm having a projection upon one edge thereof,-Which vis notched and a apted to receive the double tapering end of said projection,, whereby as" said shaft is rocked. a certain distance by one of said.

angled levers, said clutches may be held out of gear, as set forth. z

27. In combinationwith a hopper With balls. therein, a passagevva leading therefrom, means carried by the ihtter for feeding shaft, a rotatable drum fixed to said shaft, having projectionsupon the circumference thereof, a tilting lever, a punch carried by said lever, winding .reels, a strip adapted to pass beneath said punch and to wind upon one of said reels, and means for imparting an intermittent movement tosaid Winding reels, as set forth.

'28. In combination with a hopper with.

bails. therein, a passageway leading there from, means carried by the latter for feeding singly a'ball into said passageuay, a driving shaft, a rotatable drum fixed to said shaft, having projections upon the circumference thereof, a tilting lever, a punch carried by said lever, winding reels, the lower portion of mediate said crank arm shaft, as setforth.

a driving I said passageway having a transverse slot,

imparting an intermittent movement to the it'ter for feeding singlya ball into said passageway, a driving shaft, a rotatable drum fixed to said shaft,

having projections upon the circumference thereof, a tilting lever, a punch carried by saidlever, a, winding reel, the lower portion of sald passageway having a transverse slot,

a strip passin through said slot and n inding about said ree a ratchet wheel rotating with said reel, a crank loosely journalod upon the spindle of said reel, a dog carried bv said crankiarm, engaging the teeth on said ratchet wheel, and lever and gear connections interand 'sa1d driving 30. In combination with a hopper, with ballstherein, a passage ay leading from said hopper, a spring-pressed plunger mounted horizontally within said hopper, and adapted to feed a bal-l'singly into said passageway, a driving shaft, a drum fixed thereto, having a corrugated circumference, a series of springactuated tilting levers, apunch pivotally connected to a lever, a guide in which said punch Works, a winding reel, a strip passing through a slot in the lower portion of the slot of said passageway and underneath saidpunch, and

.means for imparting an intermittent movement to said reel, as set forth.

31. In combination with a hopper with 1 balls therein, a passageway leadlng from sa'id hopper, a spring-pressed plunger mounted horizontally nithin said hopper, and adapted to feed a ball singly into said passageway, a driving shaft, a drum fixed thereto, having a corrugated circumference, a series of springactuated tilting levers, a punch pivotally connected to the lover, a guide in/whieh said" punch ivvorks, a uinding reel, a strip passing through a slot in the lower portion of the slot of said passageway and underneath said punch, means for imparting an intermittent movement to said reel, and a series of key levers pivotally mounted upon the hopper and having connection with said ph-mgers. as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two \Eitness THOMAS A. .\I (L\l.l.. Witnesses:

A. L. lloroI-I, FRANKLIN H. l'iOIIGH. 

